13 papers
Dust production in the harsh environment of Sgr A* - MIRI/JWST observation of the O-rich asymptotic giant branch star IRS~3
F. Peißker, M. García Marín, A. Eckart +18
Studies of the interstellar medium (ISM) have frequently revealed signatures of the dust produced in the envelopes of asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars, demonstrating a connectio…
Charge migration characterization in the METIS H2RG detectors
Danny Gasman, Benoît Serra, Roy van Boekel +4
The Mid-infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph (METIS) is one of the first-light instruments of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). For the L and M band, the instrument makes use of…
METIS for ELT: optical alignment and testing of the IFU of the LM-band spectrometer
Lawrence Bissell, Ãamonn Harvey, Stephen Todd +7
The METIS LMS (LM-band Spectrometer) is a high-resolution (R>100,000) mid-infrared integral field spectrometer for the ESO ELT. The instrument provides the capability to measure in…
Detecting habitable exoplanet atmospheres with LIFE, the Large Interferometer for Exoplanets
Sarah Rugheimer, Aiden Weatherbee, James Fecanin +21
A key goal of astronomers with the next generation telescopes is to detect signs of life in exoplanet atmospheres. NASA's next flagship is the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO). I…
MICONIC: The spatial relationship between star formation and the AGN in Centaurus A revealed by JWST/MIRI
O. C. Jones, M. L. Jones, D. Dicken +21
Centaurus A (Cen A), the nearest active radio galaxy, hosts a warped dust disc formed in a gas-rich merger. We present JWST/MIRI imaging in three filters, F560W, F770W, and F1130W,…
Design and development of a near-IR integral field spectrograph for the HWO Coronagraph Instrument
Stephen P. Todd, Dan Dicken, Raziye Artan +5
The primary mission of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is to identify and characterise potentially habitable worlds. Spectra across a wide wavelength range are needed to cov…